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HEAD REST. No. 366,722. Patented July 19, 1887.

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ERIE O. HART, OF BELMONT, NE\V YORK, AND \VILLl'AM H. CASTLE,

GENEVA, OHIO.

HEAD-REST.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 366,722, dated July 19,1887.

Serial No. 928,563. (No model.)

To all whom, it 11mg concern."

Be it known that we, ERIE G. IIART and WILLIAM H. CASTLE, both citizensof the United States of America, residing, respectively, at Belmont, inthe county of Allegany and State of New York, and Geneva, in "the countyof Ashtabula and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Head-Rests, of which the following is a specification,reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing, which is aperspective view of a car-seat provided with our head-rest, with partsbroken away.

This improvement relates, mainly, to that class of head-rests designedto be used in connection with the reversible-back seats now so commonlyused in railroad-ears; and the invention consists in the peculiarconstruction, arrangement, and combinations of parts here inafter moreparticularly described, and then definitely pointed out in the claims.

Referring now to the details ofthe drawing, A represents the ordinaryseat provided with the usual arms, B, to which are pivoted theback-irons O, which connect the back D to the arms B. The seat, arms,and back may all be of the ordinary or any suitable style, and theback-irons are substantially the same as those ordinarily used, but areenlarged at 0 so as to allow of holes being made through them at thatplace to receive pivots E, connecting the headrest standards F to thebackirons. These standards are simply metallic bars carrying at theirupper ends the headrests proper, G, which may be made of metal or wood,as desired, but preferably of metal, and in either case should besuitably upholstered. Each end of the head-rest should be curved so asto present a flat place, at each end, to which may be attached, byscrews or otherwise, the pivotplates H, provided with stops it h. Theback-irons O are preferably also provided with stops 0; but these arenot so essential as the stops h h, and may be dis pensed with, althoughthey will be found very useful and desirable.

The steps I for the back-irons are of a shape somewhat similar to thoseusually employed on seats having wooden arms, but rise farther above theback-irons, and are rather thicker, so as to form stops for thestandards F of the head-rests.

The operation of this head-rest is so plain from the accompanyingdrawing and the above description that it seems hardly necessary to 5 5describe it, and it will suffice to say that the back-irons aresupported on the projections t on the stops in the usual manner, andthat the head-rest standards are held from falling backward by the upperpart of the steps I, while they are prevented from falling forward bythe stops 0 on the back-irons O. The head-rests are held by the lowerstops, h. \Vhen it is desired to reverse the seat, the backis turnedover in the usual way, and as it rises the headrest drops until thestandards come in contact with the lower stops on the back-irons, and

as the back passes over to the opposite side of the seat the standardsand head-rest go with it until they rest on the opposite stops, I. Thehead-rest is then turned over, when it rests on its stops h, as before.

From this description it will be evident that a very convenienthead-rest may be made that, while it will be by no means costly, willprove a great comfort to travelers, especially when long journeys are tobe made.

Vhat we claim as new is- 1. The combination, with the arm B, having astop, I, and the back-irons of a car-seat, of the headrcst standard F,pivoted to said back-irons and constructed to rest against the stop 1,whereby the standard is held in place, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with the back-irons of a car-seat, of the head-reststandards F and the stops I, performing the double function ofsupporting the back-irons and the head-rest standards, substantially asdescribed.

3. The combination, with the reversible 9o head-rest standards, of theheadrests G, provided with stops l1,.substantially as described.

4. The combination, with the arms B of a car-seat, of the back-irons O,resting on the stops I, and the reversible standards F, resting 9 5against said stops I and carrying a head-rest provided with the stopsIt, all substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatu res in presence of twowitnesses.

ERIE O. HART. \VILLIAM H. CASTLE. YVitnesses to the signature of E. 0.Hart:

WARREN GoRToN, ELBA RnYNoLDs. Vitnesses to the signature of W. H.Castle:

E. P. SPENCER, HENRY Menus.

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